Harem Daily Life

Ning Yuanhou frowned and asked, "How many bandits are there? They only have three guards chasing them. Will something bad happen? We have six or seven of them. You should take two people with you to check it out."

The guard immediately took the order and left. Ningyuan Hou thought for a moment, then turned back to the palace, wanting to ask the queen and the children to return to the palace as soon as possible.

"Hey, where is the eldest princess?" As soon as Ning Yuanhou entered the hall, he did not see the eldest princess, and even the nanny and palace maid who served her were not there.

Tao Yanyan said, "She wanted to relieve herself, so the nanny took her to the bathroom. Uncle looks pale, did something happen?"

Ning Yuanhou glanced at Shuang'er and said, "Go and ask the princess to come back quickly. We have to hurry back to the palace."

Shuang'er quickly went down to look for someone, and then Ningyuan Hou said, "We just discovered a thief spying on the Empress's carriage. The guards guarding the carriage chased him and chased him into the back mountains. Two of my guards also went there. We don't know who he is. To be on the safe side, it's better to return to the palace as soon as possible."

Tao Yanyan nodded: "Then wait for Xuan'er to come back, and then we will go back." At the same time, she was also wondering, every time she went out now, it seemed that her whereabouts would be revealed. Could there be some spy around her?

She became suspicious the last time she was stopped by Marquis Zhongyong. This time, she changed a group of people to follow her, but she didn't expect that they were still followed. How did they leak their whereabouts?

It seems that we can only know the truth after the thief is caught.

Not long after, Shuang'er came back in a hurry, saying in a panic, "Oh no! The eldest princess and her companions have disappeared. I found a note and opened it first, fearing it was a scam. It said that the queen should bring 100,000 taels of silver to redeem them, and it clearly stated that the queen could only go alone."

As Shuang'er spoke, she handed the note to Tao Yanyan.

The Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery took it first. "Let Your Majesty go to the back mountain alone and hand over the money and the hostage?" He shook his head. "No, how could Your Majesty carry so much silver? This group of people must be after the ransom or Your Majesty. Your Majesty must not take any risks!"

Tao Yanyan took the note and frowned tightly, "I have to go. Xuan'er is in their hands."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Shuang'er and Yin Jiu and said, "You two, follow me. Your uncle will send a few people to take Jin'an back to the palace first."

Little Jinan hugged Tao Yanyan's thighs and said, "Mother, I will not leave. I want to go with you to save my sister."

Tao Yanyan touched his head and said, "You should listen to your mother at this time. Hurry and return with the guards. Your mother cannot let anything happen to you again."

Tao Yanyan was now extremely anxious, and Ningyuan Hou was also extremely anxious. He sent his own guards and the queen's guards to forcibly take Xiao Jinan away.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We've already sent people to the back mountain. I've just instructed the guards to take my token and mobilize the city gate guards. The eldest princess will be fine."

Without waiting for the city gate guards to arrive, the few of them decided to go into the back mountains to look for the thieves. Fortunately, three secret guards and the guards from the Marquis' Mansion had already followed the thieves, leaving behind special marks along the way. This made it very easy for Yin Jiu to find them, and soon they arrived at a dilapidated small temple.

"There is a sound of fighting inside." After Yin Jiu said this, he exchanged a glance with Shuang'er. Shuang'er stayed outside, and Yin Jiu jumped over the wall and entered the yard to investigate.

Not long after, the courtyard door was opened by Yin Jiu, and Tao Yanyan saw the scene inside.

At this time, He Xuan was already unconscious, and the nanny who served her was covered in blood and looked like she was dead. The little palace maid was holding He Xuan and crying in fear.

Yin Jiu and several guards were fighting with the thieves. Those people didn't look like they were from the Great Zhou Dynasty at all.

Ning Yuanhou took a closer look and frowned, "It's from Xia country."

When he thought about the fact that Xia Kingdom was at war with the Great Zhou, and this group of people had sneaked into the Great Zhou to capture the Queen of the Great Zhou, Ning Yuanhou's eyes darkened: "Shuang'er, go and capture them alive."

Tao Yanyan was protected by Ningyuan Hou, and Shuang'er quickly went up to join the battle.

The Xia people hadn't expected the guards around the Queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty to be so skilled in martial arts. What they didn't know was that Tao Yanyan had brought all the secret guards with him this time, each of whom could fight ten of them.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Ning Yuanhou protected Tao Yanyan and came to the eldest princess, intending to take the unconscious eldest princess and the frightened little palace maid away.

Ning Yuanhou held the eldest princess in his arms, and Tao Yanyan grabbed the little palace maid and ran out. After just two steps, Tao Yanyan was grabbed by the little palace maid, and a cold dagger was pressed directly against her waist: "Your Majesty, I'm sorry, I was forced to do this!"

"Empress!" Shuang'er's eyes were filled with fear and worry. She didn't expect anything unexpected to happen.

No one expected that the change would happen so quickly. The little maid beside the eldest princess actually rebelled?

Several Xia people were also confused. No one told them that there was an insider next to the Queen of the Zhou Dynasty?

Several people looked at each other, not knowing what was going on. However, the order they received was to capture the Queen of Da Zhou alive. In this situation, they had no choice but to stop, otherwise someone would die and they would not be able to complete their mission.

Shuang'er and the others thought that the little palace maid was in cahoots with the thieves. When they saw that the thieves stopped, they also stopped and didn't bother to fight anymore.

Tao Yanyan glanced at the young palace maid in surprise: "Hong'er, when did you betray me? Who do you belong to?"

Tao Yanyan thought carefully and realized that Chang Tai and Ming Yue had cleared out Changle Palace several times, but they had never noticed anything wrong with Hong'er before.

Hong'er wiped away her tears and said, "Your Majesty, please don't force me. Someone has captured my family and asked me to do something for them. If I can scratch your face and make you disliked by His Majesty, they will release my family. Don't worry, Your Majesty, I won't kill you. As long as you disfigure yourself, it will be fine."

After she finished speaking, she slashed the dagger towards Tao Yanyan's face.

This time, the thieves from Xia Kingdom and Shuang'er were no longer calm. They all used all their strength to attack the little palace maid.

Shuang'er used a flying knife to knock the dagger out of the little palace maid's hand. Yin Jiufei stepped forward and pulled Tao Yanyan back a step.

A man from the Xia Kingdom pierced the little palace maid's abdomen with a sword. The little palace maid fell to the ground before she could even make a sound.

The two sides worked together to resolve the incident, and then fought again in an instant, creating a very chaotic scene.

In the end, the Xia people were no match for the Zhou guards. More than a dozen people were killed, leaving only two. At this time, fifty or sixty city defenders also arrived.

"I'm late to your rescue. Are the Queen and the Marquis all right?"

When Ningyuan Hou saw that it was Lieutenant General Li, he asked him to take people to check and clean up all the corpses in the small temple, and the two survivors were also forced to kneel in front of Queen Tao.

"Are you from Xia? Why are you arresting me? Who asked you to arrest me?" Tao Yanyan asked coldly.